Quotes about Mothers

Ever since man began to express his feelings in beautiful language, quotations on mothers are being born every day. We present you with a beautiful collection of quotes about mothers. Feel free to send any of these lovely sayings to your mom and wish her on her birthday or on Mother’s Day. Have a great time!

Mother and Child Quotes

One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. ~ George Herbert.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ~ Spanish Proverb.

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.~ W.R. Wallace.

God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers.~ Jewish Proverb.

God sees us through our Mothers' eyes and rewards us for our virtues.~ Ganeshan Venkatarman.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~ Victor Hugo.

That best academy, a mother's knee. ~ James Russell Lowell.

Mother Son Quotes

He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick.

The mother of boys work son-up to son-down. ~ Anonymous.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. ~ Helen Rowland.

A good son will never allow sorrow to befall her mother...and most of all finds a wife that will love his mother too.~ Helen Rebibis Ramos.

To a mother, a son is never a fully grown man; and a son is never a fully grown man until he understands and accepts this about his mother.~ Anonymous.

Mother Daughter Bond Quotes

Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.~ Signe Hammer.

A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. ~ Victoria Secunda.

And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships.~ Victoria Secunda.

Mother Appreciation Quotes

A boy's best friend is his mother.~ Joseph Stefano.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.~ Abraham Lincoln.

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavour by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.~ Washington Irving.

Men are what their mothers made them.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Children are the sum of what mothers contribute to their lives.~ Anonymous.

To a mother, a son is never a fully grown man; and a son is never a fully grown man until he understands and accepts this about his mother.~ Anonymous.

Respect Your Mother Quotes

I still hear you humming, Mama. The colour of your song calls me home. The color of your words saying, Let her be. She got a right to be different. She gonna stumble on herself one of these days. Just let the child be. And I be, Mama.~ Sonia Sanchez.

I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale in his heart he must unfold to all. I am always buttonholing somebody and saying, "Someday you must meet my mother.~ Edna St. Vincent Millay.

The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.~ Sharon Olds.

Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I'm able to be when I'm working.~ Mary Tyler Moore.

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.~ Erica Jong.

Mother Love Quotes

Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.~ Pearl S. Buck.

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.~ Marion C. Garretty.

My mom is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.~ Graycie Harmon.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.~ Stevie Wonder.

Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world.~ Kate Douglas Wiggin.

As I count my blessings, I can't help but think of you. Thank you for the difference you have made in my life, dear Mother.~ Anonymous.

Beautiful Mother Quotes

Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly.~ Sarah Malin.

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love.~ Mildred B. Vermont.

Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed. ~ Linda Wooten.

It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it. ~ From "The Golden Girls".

Being a Single Mother Quotes

I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me...she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. ~ Al Sharpton.

Being a single mother is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride.~ Anonymous.

Dead Mother Quotes

Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.~ Jane Welsh Carlyle.

Death has taken away your Mother. But it cannot take away her aura of concern and care that still goes along with you. Let’s pray for her. May God help you lead the life on the path shown by her.~ Anonymous.

Oh dear. Be not dismayed. Your mother was indeed an angel; the hallow of her patronage will always hover around you. Stand up dear. Our sympathies and support are with you.~ Anonymous.

Recovering from the death of your mother is not about forgetting, it's about feeling entitled to remember.~ Anonymous.